Cathy Pimple, DNP, RN, has been promoted from chief administrative officer to CEO of Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan., according to the Emporia Gazette.
Executive Moves
UMass Memorial Medical Center has tapped its chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services, Justin Precourt, to serve as interim president.
Andrew McDonald has been named CFO of Las Cruces, N.M.-based MountainView Regional Medical Center, according to a July 26 post on his LinkedIn page.
Jennifer Peters was named executive vice president and chief administrative and legal officer of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.
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Beebe Healthcare, a community health system based in Lewes, Del., has eliminated the position of Executive Vice President and COO Rick Schaffner, RN, Delaware News Journal reported July 27.
Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga., has named Jill Anelli senior vice president and chief human resources officer.
MercyOne has named Kurt Andersen, MD, president of its Eastern Iowa division.
Jessica Macalino will become the first president of Riverside Smithfield (Va.) Hospital, set to open in approximately two and a half years.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center appointed Chase Hendrickson, MD, executive medical director of its Medicine Patient Care Center.